Those who know the two women are not surprised at the display of self-confidence.

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“Meghan draws a lot of strength from her mother. Doria is classy, chic and confident, but not unapproachable,” Meghan’s friend and makeup artist Daniel Martintells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story. “I definitely feel Meghan gets a lot of that from her mother.”

The characteristics that inspired Meghan’s steady confidence were plain to see for those who met Doria at thepartiesfollowing theWindsor Castle weddingon May 19.

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“She has a softness, but I detected a steely core to her,” says a royal family friend. “She has come through a hell of a lot.”

Doria, the source adds, “was lovely to talk to and bursting with pride.”